How To Install python3-vcstools on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstools
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-vcstools
The vcstools module provides a Python API for interacting with different version control systems (VCS/SCMs). The VcsClient class provides an API for seamless interacting with Git, Mercurial (Hg), Bzr and SVN. The focus of the API is manipulating on-disk checkouts of source-controlled trees. Its main use is to support the rosinstall tool.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install python3-vcstools
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-vcstools.
Install python3-vcstools on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-vcstools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-vcstools
Install python3-vcstools on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-vcstools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-vcstools
How To Uninstall python3-vcstools on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-vcstools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-vcstools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstools
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.